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The council employs 80 apprentices in its schools, social care services, gardening and grounds work teams, street cleaning and rubbish collection departments, and back office roles. Mr Hooton made the comments during National Apprenticeship Week, an annual campaign to highlight the value that apprentices add to the UK workforce.

The council has joined the UK-wide network Shared Lives Plus, which matches approved carers with people who need support for their social care or health. People can visit their Shared Lives carer for a few hours during the day, an overnight stay or even move in and become part of the family for many years.

We are likely to see localised surface water flooding with the potential for flooding from rivers. We urge residents to remain vigilant and take steps to protect themselves from the risk of flooding:

The exhibition – which will be with us until Monday 17 February – is a photographic competition that took place last year with our twin town of Le Raincy in France.

The Local Plan sets out how the borough is going to grow in the years to 2036, with new homes including affordable housing, and new spaces for business, sport and recreation.

The work has been funded primarily through developer contributions towards the infrastructure of the borough, but we have also received the following cash injections towards the project:

The decision to appoint WYPF will be put to the vote by councillors at the council’s Policy and Resources Committee, and is expected to be enacted by Full Council on 3 March. Cllr Dan Thomas, Leader of Barnet Council, said:

The event will run from 1-4pm on Saturday 15 February at the artsdepot, 5 Nether St, North Finchley, N12 0GA.

Councillor Dean Cohen, Chair of the Barnet Council Environment Committee, said: “A charge for garden waste collections will help us retain weekly recycling and refuse collections, whilst also investing in services such as street cleansing.” Residents will shortly receive a leaflet explaining how to sign up and pay for their yearly subscription for the garden waste service, which will be for approximately 23 collections a year. 

Milegate Limited, and one of its company directors, were fined and ordered to pay costs totalling almost £8,000 at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on 11 February 2020 after ignoring an ‘Untidy Land Notice’ issued by the council’s Planning Enforcement Team requiring that the land behind the former Railway Hotel public house be cleared.